Foster Care

It is no secret that Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security are in major need of overhauling. In fact, these three entitlements are some of the most heavily debated issues for both political parties. What no one on either side of the political aisle will stop and think about is how the abuses of these

Senator Thomas Carper (D)- Delaware It is not too often that I can actually say I am proud of an elected Government Official. It is even more rare that I am able to say I am proud of a Democrat in office, much less a Democrat Senator. Today, I am so proud of Senator

ABC News Exclusive Report with Diane Sawyer, on a report which will be released this Thursday by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The report is the findings of a two-year-long investigation of psychiatric medications being prescribed to foster children at an alarming rate. Fives states were involved in the investigation– Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Oregon

This continues the story of our journey to have a family. The time frame for this chapter of our story is July 2009.If you continue to read along, you will see first hand the reality of how broken the Foster Care system truly is. ____________________ It was here! The day we had all longed for had

This continues the story of our journey to have a family. The time frame for this chapter of our story is January 2009.If you continue to read along, you will see first hand the reality of how broken the Foster Care system truly is. ____________________ January 2009. This was it! It was our final court

This continues the story of our journey to have a family. The time frame for this chapter of our story is September 2008.If you continue to read along, you will see first hand the reality of how broken the Foster Care system truly is. ____________________ We had finally reached a point where thing were on

This continues the story of our journey to have a family. The time frame for this chapter of our story is April-June 2008.If you continue to read along, you will see first hand the reality of how broken the Foster Care system truly is. ____________________ During the time between the baby that needed medical attention going

This continues the story of our journey to have a family. The time frame for this chapter of our story is May-June 2007.If you continue to read along, you will see first hand the reality of how broken the Foster Care system truly is. ____________________ We had not had the baby but just a few days

This continues the story of our journey to have a family. The time frame for this chapter of our story is March 2008.If you continue to read along, you will see first hand the reality of how broken the Foster Care system truly is.____________________ When the battle was won in the last case, I was completely

Once again I am veering off the ongoing saga of our story to adopt children through the Broken Foster Care System. If you’ve already read my Mother’s Day story, you know that our adoptions were finalized in July of 2009. After the adoptions it took some time for the kids to adjust to the